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Michael Wu

Michael Wu is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Energy Program at CIS. He has contributed to a range of publications and government submissions that challenge prevailing narratives in energy regulation and advocate for consumer interests. Among his notable works, Michael authored Counting the Cost: Subsidies for Renewable Energy and co-authored Rooftop Solar: Paradise Lost. His research has been featured in leading newspapers such as The Australian and the Daily Telegraph, and he has appeared on 2GB radio to discuss his findings. Michael has also written op-eds for the The Spectator Australia and the AFR.

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The Renewable Energy Honeymoon: starting is easy, the rest is hard
Zoe Hilton, Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonOctober 2, 2025AP89
The belief that Australia can decarbonise its economy by relying on the wind and the...
Rooftop solar: paradise lost
Zoe Hilton, Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonMarch 24, 2025AP80
Rooftop solar has been lauded by energy market bodies, policymakers, the media and environmental groups...
Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy
Michael Wu June 6, 2024AP70
This paper quantifies the federal government subsidies to the renewables industry over 10 years to...
Impact of a Shadow Carbon Price on our Electricity Bills
Michael Wu , Aidan Morrison, Alex Bainton, Zoe HiltonMay 9, 2024AP68
This paper estimates that including VER as a class of market benefit could enable the...
The six fundamental flaws underpinning the energy transition
Zoe Hilton, Aidan Morrison, Alex Bainton, Michael Wu May 2, 2024AP67
This paper focuses on the question of how Australians have been led to believe two...
The world isn’t ending tomorrow, despite what Chris Bowen claims
Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonSeptember 15, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

Chris Bowen launched today’s climate press conference like a preacher at a doomsday rally. The...

Frontier’s modelling exposes flaws of Labor’s renewables policy
Michael Wu , Zoe HiltonDecember 19, 2024AFR

Amid the political fight over the Coalition’s nuclear plan, the flaws in the federal government’s...

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy
Michael Wu July 1, 2024Research Collection

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy By Michael Wu. For all references and graphs,...

Submission to Senate Education and Employment References Committee
Michael Wu October 22, 2025CIS

Despite good intentions, Australia’s Early Childhood Education and Care system has expanded well beyond its...

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